Thousands of soldiers deployed in Thai deep south
Some 6,000 soldiers were deployed to guard 400 schools of the three southernmost provinces during the school term opening yesterday, Army Chief Gen Prayuth Chan-ocha said Wednesday. However there were two problems; that the teacher and student protection was a receptive measure in the face of insurgents’ ability to launch attack anytime; and that some [...]
Red-shirt pavilion burnt down in Songkhla
The village pavilion of a new redshirt village in Songkhla province was burnt down early Tuesday, hours after its opening by redshirt leaders and supporters in the South. On Monday evening redshirt leader Thida Tavornset Tojirakarn and supporters held an opening ceremony for a red-shirt village near the now-burnt-down pavilion in tambon Bangkae, in Songkhla’s [...]
Muslim man arrested for alleged bomb attack in Narathiwat
A muslim man was arrested Monday for allegedly lobbing a grenade at a police road checkpoint Sunday night, injuring five civilians, a policeman and a paramilitary ranger. Police said Hanafi Sedmahamad was arrested after witnesses identified him at the bomb attacker. Read more: The Nation
Dozens Wounded in Insurgent Attacks in Thailand’s South
Dozens of security officers and local villagers in Pattani and Narathiwat provinces were wounded in two separate bomb attacks last night. Narathiwat’s bomb disposal unit inspected a scene where unknown perpetrators hurled a grenade at a safety zone checkpoint on the Clock Tower intersection in the Narathiwat municipal area. Read more: TAN Network
Taiwanese airline captain drowns at Khao Sok national park
PHUKET: A Taiwanese airline captain has drowned and his Thai boatman remains unconscious after an accident in Khao Sok National Park, Surat Thani, several hours drive north of Phuket. Col Jarun Uchuphap, Superintendent of Baan Takhun Police Station, told the Phuket Gazette today that the accident occurred yesterday afternoon on the Chiao Lan Reservoir, a [...]
Andaman coast threatened by erosions
BANGKOK, 11 May 2012 (NNT) – Several popular beaches along the Andaman coast might become things of the past if nothing is done to prevent coastal erosions. Chief of the Department of Marine and Coastal Resources project to draft preventive plans against coastal erosions along the Andaman Coast Phayom Rattanamani said that at least 40 [...]
Body of 3rd family member recovered after drowning in Nakhon Si Thammarat flash flood
NAKHON SI THAMMARAT, May 7 – The body of a four-year-old boy was found in this southern province after he was carried away and drowned in a flash flood while swimming Sunday with his father and brother at a Tha Sala district waterfall. The family of four—the parents and their two sons—were visiting relatives Friday. [...]
Cargo train derails in Nakhon Si Thammarat
NAKHON SI THAMMARAT, May 5 – A cargo train derailed in Nakhon Si Thammarat while heading from Bangkok to Songkhla’s Hat Yai, paralysing southern bound train services while two people were wounded. Nakhon Si Thammarat’s Ron Phibun district police station superintendent Pol Col Prawit Janthabat and the State Railway of Thailand (SRT) staff has inspected [...]
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